Donald Trump Wants Another Job He's Not Qualified For: Pope

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "I was excited to hear that President Trump is open to the idea of being the next Pope," Graham wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
61% : Trump MMXXVIII!"
50% : Though confirmed earlier in life into Presbyterianism, in 2020, Trump told the Religious News Service in an interview that he now identifies as a non-denominational Christian.
46% : I don't have a preference," Trump continued.
45% : After an assassination attempt in July 2024, Trump, already popular with Evangelical Christian voters, dialed up the religious rhetoric in his messaging.
44% : "Please, God bless America, please mend her every flaw," Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, said as he prayed for Trump at the beginning of his second term.
36% : " Forget the fact that Trump isn't a member of the clergy, or the College of Cardinals, who will convene for a conclave to select their new leader beginning May 7 -- he's not even Catholic.
31% : On Tuesday, when asked by reporters who he thinks should be the successor to the recently deceased Pope Francis, Trump tossed off, "I'd like to be pope.
26% : Trump has found his way into the White House twice; mostly recently, despite being a convicted felon with no prior political experience, and as of late has clung to a joking-not-joking throughline about finding a way to make it a three-fer, Constitution be damned.
22% : Maybe Trump was trying to play coy by not mentioning Dolan by name, or perhaps he couldn't remember it and figured that a made-in-the-USA answer couldn't fail.
13% : If anyone ever took the expression "fake it 'til you make it" too literally, it's Donald Trump.

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